Mögglingen

Mögglingen
Coat of arms of Mögglingen Coat of arms
Mögglingen
Location of Mögglingen within Ostalbkreis district
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Ostalbkreis
Government
• Mayor	Ottmar Schweizer
Area
• Total	10.27 km2 (3.97 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	4,200
• Density	410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	73563
Dialling codes	07174
Vehicle registration	AA
Website	www.moegglingen.de

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Mögglingen

Mögglingen is a municipality in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, in Ostalbkreis district.

Geography

Mögglingen is positioned at between 398 and 475 meters above sea level, along the upper Rems valley in the north-eastern foothills of the "Swabian Jura" between Schwäbisch Gmünd (13 km / 8 miles) and administrative centre of the Ostalbkreis, Aalen (11 km / 7 miles).

Bypass plans

Locals have campaigned for a bypass round Mögglingen since at least as far back as 1957, and by 2013 plans for such a bypass had been agreed for fifteen years. Former mayor Ottmar Schweizer is on record as having pushed for the construction of the bypass throughout his 24 years in office. The curving and relatively narrow high street has been part of a long distance route for many years, but the number of heavy trucks passing through small towns like Mögglingen rose substantially after 2005 which was the year in which Germany introduced Autobahn tolls for trucks above twelve tonnes gross weight. Continuing failure to construct the planned bypass is blamed on an absence of funding.